. Crisis. int by a burgess ofCoatesville that, although the chief instigatorhas been known, no effort has been made bythe State to apprehend him—this being saidin defense of the Chester County juries. My Dear Dr. Du Bois : Relating to your editorial on Truth, canyou keep before us any more effectively thanyou are already doing the Truth that dis-crimination against colored Americans is notonly an evil, but an unnecessary evil? I findso many of my friends are inclined to throwup their hands in despair with the confessionthat they cannot overcome the race prejudicesof the community. We must keep
. Crisis. int by a burgess ofCoatesville that, although the chief instigatorhas been known, no effort has been made bythe State to apprehend him—this being saidin defense of the Chester County juries. My Dear Dr. Du Bois : Relating to your editorial on Truth, canyou keep before us any more effectively thanyou are already doing the Truth that dis-crimination against colored Americans is notonly an evil, but an unnecessary evil? I findso many of my friends are inclined to throwup their hands in despair with the confessionthat they cannot overcome the race prejudicesof the community. We must keep before them not merely thecruelty of their prejudices, but that thecruelty is unnecessary and that prejudicescan be overcome. To tell a community already partiallyprejudicial that other communities are moreprejudiced than they may increase ratherthan decrease the evil, unless you counteractthe debasing influence of an evil example bythe inspiring influence of a noble , Geo. G. COLORED MEN AND WOMEN LYNCHEDWITHOUT TRIAL. 1885 78 1899 84 1886 71 1900 107 1887 80 107 1888 95 1902 86 1889 ;... 95 1903 86 1890 90 1904 83 1891 121 1905 61 1892 155 1906 64 1893 154 1907 60 1894 134 1908 93 1895 112 1909 73 1896 80 1910 65 1897 : 122 1911 63 1898 102 1912 63 Total 2,584 LYNCHINGS, in January—1. Muldrow, Okla.—Man, murder and in February—8. Hamilton, Ga.—Three men and a girl, , Ga.—Man, , Ala.—Man, , ^Man, , Ga.—Man, rape and in March—7. Chattanooga, Tenn.—Three men, , Tex.—Man and woman, , Tenn.—Man, , Miss.—Man, assault on a in April—12. Fort Smith, Ark.—Man, , Ark.—Three men, labor troubles and insulting , S. C.—Two men forcing a man to drink , S. C.—Three men, , Ga.—Man, ,
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